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Old street pics..

Cannot find any mwntion of a "Fighting cocoks" in Birmingham before 1840 except for the Moseley one (which wasn't then in Brum). This was in existence in 1790 , though in 1774 it was called the Fox & Dogs. Do not know when it changed its name , but was the Fighting Cocks in 1825
 
The prison in Peck lane, which disappeared when the railway came, is below
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I would still like to see a photo of Alma Crecsent, Vauxhall when the houses were still there. We used to live at 27 untill we moved into the new houses in Kingstanding. Thankyou. Wally
 
Here is a not very clear one of les's cafe , alma crescent
 

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wallyb71 said:
I would still like to see a photo of Alma Crecsent, Vauxhall when the houses were still there. We used to live at 27 untill we moved into the new houses in Kingstanding. Thankyou. Wally
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Try typing Alma Crescent into the search box you should find photos of Alms Crescent, and all the other streets around there. I know because I posted most of them.
 
This nice old photo of the Kingstanding Circle has gone missing (before the upgrade) from an earlier post in the thread. I always liked it so I have put a copy here. It should bring back memories for anyone who lived near there in the 1950s.
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This nice old photo of the Kingstanding Circle has gone missing (before the upgrade) from an earlier post in the thread. I always liked it so I have put a copy here. It should bring back memories for anyone who lived near there in the 1950s.
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oldMohawk said:
This nice old photo of the Kingstanding Circle has gone missing (before the upgrade) from an earlier post in the thread. I always liked it so I have put a copy here. It should bring back memories for anyone who lived near there in the 1950s.
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oldMohawk said:
This nice old photo of the Kingstanding Circle has gone missing (before the upgrade) from an earlier post in the thread. I always liked it so I have put a copy here. It should bring back memories for anyone who lived near there in the 1950s.
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Thanks for This photo of the old Circle how it stirs up the old memories !!! We moved up in 1957
To Dormington Road First on the left just past the Odean cinema we lived on the corner... Happy Days . I was last up there about 2 years ago oh boy have things changed, and not for the better ... Pete Ex Pat
 
Pete Ex Pat said:
Thanks for This photo of the old Circle how it stirs up the old memories !!! We moved up in 1957
To Dormington Road First on the left just past the Odean cinema we lived on the corner... Happy Days . I was last up there about 2 years ago oh boy have things changed, and not for the better ... Pete Ex Pat
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Hi Pete ... Did you notice the washing on the lines in the gardens behind the Odeon ... it might have been a Monday because where I lived, every housewife did their washing on Mondays in those days !
Also the the entrance to the pub on the left is rather grand.
oldmohawk ...:)
 
My mum must have been a rebel, she did her washing on any day, even Sunday's - shame on her !!! Love the 'keep left' sign ion the island. Life and driving was so simple in those days. Viv.
 
I've looked at this photo many, many times but never noticed the parallel lines crossing in front of the boy in the foreground. Any ideas what they are? Viv.
 
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I've looked at this photo many, many times but never noticed the parallel lines crossing in front of the boy in the foreground. Any ideas what they are? Viv.
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Hi Viv, I've often looked at those lines and my theory is that there was a frost on that winter's morning and someone pushed a handcart across frost covered grass. The lines slightly show across the crazy paved path.
Phil
 
Vivienne14 said:
I've looked at this photo many, many times but never noticed the parallel lines crossing in front of the boy in the foreground. Any ideas what they are? Viv.
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I would say that because the tracks are coming from the shops it is either a car tracks or a small delivery van?
 
Would make sense - tracks look quite thin so yes maybe a handcart or small delivery van. Those old-style delivery vans that delivered bread around the street had small tyres. Maybe they were electric too, so quite light. I remember a bread shop (to the right of the Odeon - out of shot) on that small parade of shops called Wrights the Bakers. I worked there for a few weeks as a summer job. There were only about 3 shops on that section but it had a good view across the island to the other longer parade of shops where the Post Offuce used to be. I think there might have been a Wimbushes on the PO side too. This would have been in about 1968/9. Viv.
 
oldMohawk said:
Hi Pete ... Did you notice the washing on the lines in the gardens behind the Odeon ... it might have been a Monday because where I lived, every housewife did their washing on Mondays in those days !
Also the the entrance to the pub on the left is rather grand.
oldmohawk ...:)
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Yes I did notice the old gateway to the Kingstanding Pub had a few in there over the years .... I had my first pint in there a mild it was 1 and a penny in old money. went in on my birthday one year and asked Stan the landlord if he was going
to buy me a pint for my birthday He asked how old I was I said 18 what he called me !!! ( my mum would have fainted ) Ha Ha the good old days.... The Kingstanding Circle was never the same after they Knocked the old Standing down and
built the Precinct... The new pub was rubbish ... started using the Trees & the Rest & be thankful also travellers rest And the old hornes Happy Days and then the price was of a pint was good !!!!! Now you need to take out a Bank Loan !!!!

Thanks Oldmohawk
 
Welcome to the Forum, Applemany. This is definitely not Wolverhampton Road as that was not built until long after this picture. I would say the junction of Hagley Road and Sandon Road. There was a horse trough there for many years and I believe that earlier there was a fountain long since disappeared but that could be the origin of the name Fountain Road which is about 100 yards closer to the city.
 
It was at the corner of Sandon Road and Hagley Road, as seen on this map c 1889
 

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what a smashing photo carolina...just look at the good old no 8 lol looks to me as though its just heading away from the tunnel as we used to call it..not seen this one before:)

lyn
 
I was always surprised about Skefco Ball Bearings having a shop in a main shopping street. Difficult to remember today but the area both sides of Broad Street did have factories
 
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